I have been searching for something for 11 months. I have experience in agency and corporate settings and a portfolio to back it up but it seems like companies want a "unicorn" designer that can: design, edit, animate, copywrite, video, social media manage, create content and be a website developer for the pay of a junior post. That can't be! Since when did experience become a hindrance rather than an asset? It is incredibly frustrating and discouraging.

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over supply my friend. There are double digit thousands of you sadly out there without jobs, and this industry is going to die fast with the advent of AI. I think it's really time for anyone who's into design and production to look into what they do next TODAY before there is a day that there is no choice. I say that as someone who is planning my exit right now even though I was fortunate to be alive during the golden age (and make ok money along the way). The world changes and there are graveyards full of professions that are long gone.

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What are you pivoting to?

I'm scratching my head at where to pivot next, tbh. My last project was a web design one so I'm learning Figma now. I've also started on a Google Digital and Ecomm Marketing certificate course. Copywriting has also been interesting to me, I've dabble with taglines but nothing too formal so to speak. Any idea where to start with that? Suggestions are more than welcome!

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